EA pulls the plug on MOBA Dawngate

Six months of open beta and the project is shelved.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-11-04

EA has cancelled their MOBA, Dawngate, despite the game still being in open beta, and with it only out in the wild for the past six months.

It was announced last year to much fanfare, and was seen as EA's big push into the lucrative space dominated by titles such as League of Legends and Dota 2, but alas it wasn't to be.

"We built a game in Dawngate that wasn't simply a clone of existing MOBAs, but one that truly pushed the genre forward in many ways," Matt Bromberg said.

The game had been in development for around 18 months, but developers Waystone weren't seeing the progress they wanted.

"This isn't the outcome we wanted, but beta testing is about learning and improving, and ultimately, about making difficult decisions about how to proceed," added Bromberg.

Fans who've invested cash in the game will be fully refunded, and the game will remain online for another 90 days.

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